hmmm- will empty shelves qualify?

This is my almost finished walk-in closet at our new place. It's a nice size but an odd triangular shape so we opted for built-in's. DH has a typical closet with 2 sliding doors but it's 9'.

I didn't know which shelfie to choose, so have shared several! There seems to be a bit of a bird theme developing, lol! This first one is a Farnham pottery owl, dating from the Arts and Crafts period. We found him about fifteen years ago at Portobello market in London. He's sitting alongside my current favourite (peacock) print on a pile of Shakespeare plays with Art Nouveau bindings - sadly we don't have the complete set - above the snug fireplace......

Next up is a lamp DH found at a car boot sale. The intention was to sell him on, but I couldn't part with him as I think he goes rather well with the CFA Voysey 'Fool's Parsley' wallpape complete with birds and Art Nouveau organic foliage ;)

Another owl - this one is from the 1920s, Danesby ware. He holds the long matchsticks for lighting the kitchen fire......

Lastly, an Art Nouveau Amphora bowl sitting amongst some of DH's Christmas books.....

Looking through house pictures I realize I love shelves. Just a few of mine.

in Kitchen foyer with some great plants I've received. Usually the shelf and bench are loaded with coats, bags, etc. featuring some of my Father's art.

We are a book lover family. DD and I are especially drawn to antique books.

Here are some on the top shelf of my dining room bookcase. Some are over 100 years old. My beautiful original painting of San Isidro (Saint Isadore) is over 100 years old, too. San Isidro is the patron saint of farmers and much revered here in New Mexico.

In our front foyer, I have more books on our antique hutch shelves. These are mainly Southwestern in content. Tony Hillerman, is one of my very favorite authors, and lived nearby before he passed a few years ago. I have all of his books, but only one displayed here. Also here are 2 dinosaur eggs (bottom shelf) , still partially encased in rock that we found on our property years ago, carved and painted Indian pots, painted gourd pots, and a bowl filled with pottery shards, also found on our property.

More books on our living room mantel (shelf), along with an Indian Wedding Vase (right), etc. The center painting is by NM artist Michael McCullough. The two side paintings are by NM artist M. Menke.

And finally, more books on the shelves of our living room bookcase, along with more Indian pots and gourds, a Storyteller (statue, bottom shelf left), a kachina (statue, 3rd shelf), more paintings, and framed photos of DH's pioneer and Native American ancestors. The antique radio is from DH's family and still works.

As you can probably tell, I love to decorate, I love art, history and books (LOL)!

Beach house shelfies.

We have 2 of these little shelf units, and everyone in our family has added to them over the years.

We found a box of these funny little toys in our garage about 5 years after we bought the house.

A mantel is a shelf, right?

Books and Chinese antique porcelain in the English secretary in the entry room.

same theme, books and "old stuff"

Here are two shelves out of our large double bookshelf in our living room.

We've collected shark teeth on our trips to FL.. they are all in the little glass milk jar. Once upon a time there was a glass factory on a river near us in PA. I can usually find chunks of blue glass along the shore while my dh and ds fish. The two little still lifes were painted by my favorite aunt.

I am very sentimental about this small porcelain piece. It comes from the area of Russia where my two children were adopted. We were unable to do any souvenir shopping while in country. I was able to find this on ebay when we returned(back in 1996 when ebay was still pretty tiny in size!).

Bookcase shelves in living room. Not sure what the shelf above it is supposed to be for, but here is another view of that:Here is a shelf in the hallway, between my brother's bedroom and his bathroom:There are built-in cabinets above and below these shelves. We also have a bookcase in this hallway:CD shelving in the living room:This case is strapped to the wall, and the figure is secured to the shelf with museum mounting putty, in case of earthquakes. The figures on the high shelf will, of course, take flight during a large earthquake, but at least they are plastic and less likely to break.

A fru-fru corner shelf in a corner my girly-girl sewing/crafting/reading room.

It holds pieces of old lace showcasing little collectibles.

Top-shelf

Waterford's Crystal Jewels Seasons, "Summer" miniature on knitted lace.

Middle-shelf

A tiny teapot on net lace.

Bottom-shelf

A miniature David Winter cottage on crocheted lace.

Love it, Lars! Maire_cate, I am jealous. All we have is The Container Store Elfa system for DH, but it made a big difference. And then here is our home office with Ikea Billy and Benno.

I didn't want to crop so you get 2 shelves...

Yoda!!! Love it!

These are such cool threads! I am way behind tho, oh no.

Some of you may recall we had a white duck skirt around our old sink in Maine. We have two kitchen sinks, and this one is less used. Still, the underside of the sink was a bit rusty and it was hard to get the skirt Velcro to hold. It was rather a fragile set up. I had had them make shelves for the sink to rest on anyway, so I opened it up. The middle curtain is two tea towels.

My mother's bookcase with beloved books and my collection of ceramic dogs from my childhood. The picture is a picture of the dogs taken when I was in Junior High -- I found it, made it into a 5 x 7 and framed it and put it in with the dogs.

My bookshelves comprised part of my "happy place"'for day 10, so I'll share the shelves in my china cabinet which hold my English Cornishware collection and a few family treasures.

arcy, this is a great topic! Shelves are their own little worlds.

I can't believe I'm posting these. They're not "design-worthy" but they both mean something to me:

About 5 months after my husband died, I was feeling stupid and inept. My home improvements guy was gone. My BIL made a mess trying to put up bathroom shelves for me and left me with no shelves and a small hole in the wall. Once I had a good cry, I bought some floating shelves from HD, along with a stud=finder, and put these guys up. My first ever DIY using a level and a drill. You know that thrill of trying something and it works! They're kinda beat up now and I should replace them, but they're level, man, are they level.

This is a shelf in a bookcase in my office. It became a shrine/altar all on its own. These things just happen. Stuff sacred to me.

Now I think I'd like to either stain the bookcase darker or paint the back of the shelves a warm color (like blood red!).

Not great photos...but some of my Glassybaby on the walnut shelf I built to display them.

Don't have access to my computer right now but found these two pics on my IPad. Before & afterof my bookcases

Torrey, did you restrain your bookcases? Love the color.

We're still in the midst of moving in and unpacking. My sweet hubby unpacked a lot of boxes yesterday and did his own arrangement on the shelves of the huge dining room built-in incorporating a lot of things that were displayed in small groups in various places in our old house. Bless his heart, it looks like a showcase in an antique mall. I know I want to do it much differently, but have no idea where to begin. I'll probably add a lot of books and be back here for advice on this one.

The second pic is my little collection of 1939 New York World's Fair collectibles. Something about that fair just speaks to me. I'm drawn to its vision of the future, and it's the year my parents were born. There are also a few other World's Fair/Expo pieces thrown in for good measure. Also in that pic a peek at the built-in bookshelves in my office. They'll only hold fairly short books (must be all anyone had in 1954). I've got to go through all the book boxes this weekend and figure out where it all goes.

Love love that little green cabinet!

Not my house but one that my brother's firm just sold. Lots of "shelfies in this house.

There are more shelfies in some of the bedrooms too. And in all of the closets.

Nobody can do just one:

No Linelle, one is closer to the slider and just appears lighter in the photograph. I did line the back of the shelves though. :-)

Catching up late ... I had these shelves installed because I needed a place to display my collectibles (my great-grandfather's salt collection particularly). When I bought this house last year, these were just big empty windows looking into the sunroom:

My only other shelves are my antique cabinet: